American Express Membership Rewards - Oops...Lindsay Lohan's Centurion card and bag of coke found in NYC

http://kikinyc.blogspot.com/2004/12/im-starting-to-think-lindsay-and-i.html

oopsie.

Appears it wasn't only Britney and Jessica that got Cent cards handed to them like candy :D

http://kikinyc.blogspot.com/2004/12/im-starting-to-think-lindsay-and-i.html

oopsie.

Appears it wasn't only Britney and Jessica that got Cent cards handed to them like candy :D

Pretty funny read. Why hasnt this girl (not Lindsay, the other) found her own lawyer yet? Oh well...

It seems to me that often when someone other than a lawyer threatens legal action, it is an empty threat and a sign that you have some leverage over the person making the threat.

This is why I always carry my black card in a DIFFERENT pocket as my Coke!!

I'm just kidding. I have one of my flunkies carry my Coke.

I'm kidding again.

:)

-Peter

good one! I enjoyed seeing that.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52002279@N00/2025702/

Look at this photo...

It is most interesting that she has been an Amex member since 2004. That means that she did not have to wait a year with the Plat before qualifying for the Centurion.

If I had to wait a year before getting the card...why didnt she? I guess there are two possible answers:

1. She has a large account with Cent bank and qualified that way

OR

2. They give them away to celebs to add mystique to the card

I assume its the latter. That means we have another item to add to the 1000's of annoying topics about how to get a Black Card...become a hollywood tartlet and the card wil be yours! :cool:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52002279@N00/2025702/

Look at this photo...

It is most interesting that she has been an Amex member since 2004. That means that she did not have to wait a year with the Plat before qualifying for the Centurion.

If I had to wait a year before getting the card...why didnt she? I guess there are two possible answers:

1. She has a large account with Cent bank and qualified that way

OR

2. They give them away to celebs to add mystique to the card

I assume its the latter. That means we have another item to add to the 1000's of annoying topics about how to get a Black Card...become a hollywood tartlet and the card wil be yours! :cool:


She could be an additional card holder

I like the :) on the card... :)

Personally, I'd get my own lawyer, then hand over the entire package to the police with my lawyer. (Optional media circus show when handing over the package.)

It seems obvious to me that she has/needs a black card - how else do you divide up this 'white powder'? White powder on black cards will provide the best contrast. :p

There is something seriously wrong with our society when we idolize and gratuitously make millionaires of young women like Lindsay Lohan. However I suspect fate will catch up with her in the end.

If you look closely at this photo (http://scatcat.fhsu.edu/~becarlson/lohan-amexblack.jpg) I believe you can see some of Lohan's left-over cocaine.

She could be an additional card holder

No, additional cardholders show the "member since" date of the primary account holder.

I'm an authorized user on my father's Platinum card and it has me listed as a member since 1958 (he was one of the original Amex cardmembers). I was born in 1981. Do the math. :p

Ladies and Gentleman,
2. They give them away to celebs to add mystique to the card
It's yes to question 2
My wife is a business manager in the entertainment field. Amex has a special division for celebrities.
So the easy way to get one is become famous!
BTW imdb.com says her middle name is Morgan not Dee

Ladies and Gentleman,
2. They give them away to celebs to add mystique to the card
It's yes to question 2
My wife is a business manager in the entertainment field. Amex has a special division for celebrities.
So the easy way to get one is become famous!
BTW imdb.com says her middle name is Morgan not Dee

I guess that is another way to get the Centurion, which could be added to the list on how to get a Centurion.

I wonder what Amex definition of a celebrity is? If you win Survivior or Amazing Race can you get the card?

No, additional cardholders show the "member since" date of the primary account holder.

I'm an authorized user on my father's Platinum card and it has me listed as a member since 1958 (he was one of the original Amex cardmembers). I was born in 1981. Do the math. :p


Not in Germany and Switzerland at least. My two current Amex cards show member since 99. All my Amex cards in fact ever showed member since 99.

Good question: What is a celebrity ?

I for one would say Plato, Aristotle, Caesar, Augustus, Columbus, Washington, Jefferson, Napoleon, Hitler, Mao, etc. were famous persons for the good or bad they have done to society.

But Lindsay Lohan is nowhere near making that list. She isn't even dead yet!

No, additional cardholders show the "member since" date of the primary account holder.

I do not doubt you; however I do have to disagree :P Both my supplementary card holders have "member since" in 04, even though I've had my card since 03.

If we really cared enough, we could email asking the current "holder" of her card and ask for the second last digit ;)

But Lindsay Lohan is nowhere near making that list. She isn't even dead yet!True enough, but extending credit to famous dead people is not a particularly profitable business decision.

I do not doubt you; however I do have to disagree :P Both my supplementary card holders have "member since" in 04, even though I've had my card since 03.

If we really cared enough, we could email asking the current "holder" of her card and ask for the second last digit ;)

Interesting. Must only be a US thing to show "member since" the original cardholder's join date.

True enough, but extending credit to famous dead people is not a particularly profitable business decision.

Totally agree. I still do not think L.L. is a real (A-list) celebrity, those famous and alive Amex does, could or should care about are Tiger Woods, Bill Clinton, Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Jack Nicklaus, Michael Jordan, etc.

Since mine is an OZ based card I dont know if this is the same for the US based cards BUT my card has both the issue Month / Year AND the expiry MONTH / YEAR on it - that card only has the expiry date. Also my card has a four digit number embossed on the bottom right of the card.

Finally that card looks unused - mine has swipe marks at the top where it goes through the card reader, which appear almost the first time you us it, not to mention the fact that the "silver" wears to unreadable black VERY quickly and the card is more grey than silver as shown in that shot.

Since mine is an OZ based card I dont know if this is the same for the US based cards BUT my card has both the issue Month / Year AND the expiry MONTH / YEAR on it - that card only has the expiry date. Also my card has a four digit number embossed on the bottom right of the card.

Finally that card looks unused - mine has swipe marks at the top where it goes through the card reader, which appear almost the first time you us it, not to mention the fact that the "silver" wears to unreadable black VERY quickly and the card is more grey than silver as shown in that shot.

Amex is starting to just have the expiry date on their cards. Also you need to consider that the picture always distorts the true color of the card.

I guess that is another way to get the Centurion, which could be added to the list on how to get a Centurion.

I wonder what Amex definition of a celebrity is? If you win Survivior or Amazing Race can you get the card?
AFAIK wining a reality show does not count. Grossing millions on a movie might

Did you read the ridiculous comments below the text ?

One was like "Black cards don't have your a name written on them".

"Black cards don't have your a name written on them".

:D As the German comedian Dieter Nuhr would say: "Wenn man keine Ahnung hat, einfach mal die Klappe halten!" (Rough translation: "If you have no clue, simply keep your mouth shut")

Regards,
Stefan

I do not doubt you; however I do have to disagree :P Both my supplementary card holders have "member since" in 04, even though I've had my card since 03.

If we really cared enough, we could email asking the current "holder" of her card and ask for the second last digit ;)


Here you go (http://img108.exs.cx/img108/4033/llohancard5ov.jpg), the full card, unedited.

Obviously, she's the main card holder...

Regards,
Stefan

Here you go (http://img108.exs.cx/img108/4033/llohancard5ov.jpg), the full card, unedited.

Where did you find that? Or is there some very odd unscrambling software at work? Perhaps a superimposition of your own Centurion card number ;)

LOL, I wish I had a Centurion card, and I would certainly not pop in my own charge card number :) After I saw the original post on this forum, I snooped around and found this on another forum. ^

That's a lot of lost cards...

Why wouldn't Amex give Centurion to "celebrities"? I presume most of them make and spend enough to hit the, what, $150K of annual spending?

Interesting find... A rather large bag of coke in a folded dollar bill, am I missing something? The story does not seem completely plausible. Lohan and Hilton were at Bungalow 8 a few weeks back BTW...

The story does not seem completely plausible.

Talking about plausibility... what about the card number? It starts with 37, like all AmEx cards start with either 37 or 34 AFAIK. The following 4 digits should be the same on all US-issued Centurion Cards, can anybody verify that? Regarding the checking algorithm the card number makes sense, but it could be a fake nevertheless.

Regards,
Stefan

Talking about plausibility... what about the card number? It starts with 37, like all AmEx cards start with either 37 or 34 AFAIK. The following 4 digits should be the same on all US-issued Centurion Cards, can anybody verify that? Regarding the checking algorithm the card number makes sense, but it could be a fake nevertheless.

Regards,
Stefan


My US Centurion card starts 3717 00 as well.

Chris

My Gold card also starts with 3717 00. I thought the 5th and 6th digits provided a method of differentiating charge card products. Interesting...

Also, every Amex card I've seen has the "XX00X" pattern in the last five digits. May be a check digit thing.

Last 2 digits are for supplementary cards, and presumably for multiple amex cards for one person.

My Gold card ends 001
My Centurion card ends 003

My two supplmental Gold cards end 019 and 027


Pretty soon people will be able to guess my card numbers. ;)


Chris

The last digit actually is the check digit, it can be calculated from the others by an easy algorithm. The two digits before that indicate if it is the main card or an additional card of the current account. Main cards are 00, the additional cards are 01 and following. The digit before that is the card issue count, each time your card is replaced this number will increase (as long as the account number stays the same).

The first two digits of the number are always 37 or 34 for amex, the next two digits indicate country and type (credit/charge). I. e. it's 42 for UK and 50 for German charge cards. As we mentioned before, obviously it's 17 for US charge cards. The two digits after that are the product type of the card. 88 for most European Centurions, 84 for Platinum and Gold Cards.

The digits left are the account number, somewhere in there you can even find an indicator for the billing cycle of your account...

Pretty soon people will be able to guess my card numbers. ;)
Chris

Actually we know them completely now... Let's go shopping! :D j/k

Regards,
Stefan

This was a pretty good passage:

I told Lindsay's publicist that I would like to return it to her in person so that I knew it was going to her. She said she would ask her. Supposedly Lindsay was freaked out by the whole thing and was crying hysterically and denied ever doing any drugs. The publicist told me she only drinks a lot and likes to party, and smokes cigarettes, but what 18 year old doesn't...what a publicist she is!

So, on the scanned picture it shows her middle name as "Dee" but on IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0517820/) it says it is "Morgan."

Not that I don't beleive everything that is posted on a blog...

I. e. it's 42 for UK and 50 for German charge cards. As we mentioned before, obviously it's 17 for US charge cards. The two digits after that are the product type of the card. 88 for most European Centurions, 84 for Platinum and Gold Cards.


Not quite right....

So, on the scanned picture it shows her middle name as "Dee" but on IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0517820/) it says it is "Morgan."

Not that I don't beleive everything that is posted on a blog...
I don't know if this thing is legit or not, but little details such as DOBs and height are always fudged by publicists. It wouldn't surprise me if Lindsay Lohan's actual middle name is Dee, with her image consultants changing it to Morgan to be cooler, more Hollywood. I mean, when I think of the name Dee, I picture an old spinster with a thousand cats... :D

Not quite right....

Well, explain it better, then.

Regarding the vast number of different card types, especially on the US market, there are definitely more possibilities than those I mentioned. Additionally, they most probably introduced new combinations to cover the demand of certain card types...

Regards,
Stefan

shame on me, but i never heard that name.

is she someone famous?

and to the person who found the card,

give the card back -> get a newspaper to print the story,->
get invited to talkshows , -> get famous yourself -> get your own centurioncard and cocaine ;)

shame on me, but i never heard that name.

is she someone famous?

and to the person who found the card,

give the card back -> get a newspaper to print the story,->
get invited to talkshows , -> get famous yourself -> get your own centurioncard and cocaine ;)

Lindsay Lohan - www.llrocks.com

Lindsay Lohan - www.llrocks.com


i have seen one movie with her on a flight.
do american people hate her?

i have seen one movie with her on a flight.
do american people hate her?

As usual, our desire to see people get to the top is eclipsed only by our desire to see them stumble to the bottom once they do :rolleyes:

having met her at a club one time i would say give it back through certified mail, that way you know she gets it... its the only right thing to do. i always triple check to make sure the plastic i carry in my wallet as well as my wallet is with me at all times.

The first two digits of the number are always 37 or 34 for amex, the next two digits indicate country and type (credit/charge). I. e. it's 42 for UK and 50 for German charge cards. As we mentioned before, obviously it's 17 for US charge cards. The two digits after that are the product type of the card. 88 for most European Centurions, 84 for Platinum and Gold Cards.


the next 2 digits after 37 in singapore is 62 for both credit and charge cards through all levels - green/blue, gold and platinum

The following 4 digits should be the same on all US-issued Centurion Cards, can anybody verify that?

There are several options for US Centurion cards. The following 4 digits are not all alike.

having met her at a club one time i would say give it back through certified mail, that way you know she gets it... its the only right thing to do. i always triple check to make sure the plastic i carry in my wallet as well as my wallet is with me at all times.

So, had you not met het once at a club you wouldn't send it back?

Why not just destroy it and have her call Amex for a replacement? I'm sure they'd be willing to overnight a new card to her.

Why not just destroy it and have her call Amex for a replacement? I'm sure they'd be willing to overnight a new card to her.

Yeah. I mean, they do that for me, and I've only been on TV twice. :p

Interesting topic!

On AmEx card number format, look at: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=141815

Not exactly rocket science, and with this info its not exactly difficult to know what the next card nubmer will be if you report your card lost or stolen.

Thanks,
Richard

This is why I always carry my black card in a DIFFERENT pocket as my Coke!!

I'm just kidding. I have one of my flunkies carry my Coke.

I'm kidding again.

:)

-Peter

HA HA your funny!!!!